Young researcher Vitria Adisetiyo wants to study attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and the effects and therapeutic limitations of prescribing psychostimulants drugs, such as Ritalin and Adderall.
To do so, she wants to employ an advanced MRI imaging method for brain scans of 20 healthy adolescent and young adult males, ages 14-25, who illicitly use the drugs for recreational or performance enhancement purposes.
Image: Donors Cure marketing director Courtney Wagoner (from left), co-founder and Vice President Joseph Helpern and Managing Director Tara Sokolowski talk about the nonprofit’s official launch in Helpern’s office. DAVID QUICK/STAFF
